NHS officers turn Trick-or-Treat Tuesday to teacher goodie bags
October 30, 2020
Almost every year, NHS members put together a Trick-or-Treat Tuesday event for children around the community. This year, the plan was to have a drive-thru for kids. The cars would pull up to several stations where different items like candy would be given. Since the event was declined by the Mehlvill...
New classes adjust to different learning formats
Leyla Vilic, reporter
October 30, 2020
Oakville teachers are excited to be back at school in-person after using the first nine weeks of school to make the virtual classroom as creative as possible. With both staff and students adjusting to the new in-person school setting, many different classes engaged in nontraditional activities. ...
Singer’s group wins MJEA State Sports Video Story of the Year award
Zoey Miller
May 14, 2020
While spending most of her time at home during this worldwide pandemic, Lily Singer (12) recently received some extraordinary news. On April 27, Singer learned that she and her group won first place in the Sports Video of the Year contest sponsored by the Missouri Journalism Education Association. ...
OHS band creates a virtual pep band
Cassandra Ludwig, Webmaster
April 21, 2020
Despite social distancing restrictions, the OHS band program was able to get together to raise spirits in the OHS community. Band students and directors all submitted videos online playing the fight song to make a video that was published on March 29. Through the band’s Google Classroom, head ...
OHS alum sees study abroad experience cut short by pandemic
Avery Neal, Social Media Coordinator
April 17, 2020
The new coronavirus pandemic has caused schools to shift to online learning, cancel events, and postpone others. Many college students studying abroad were forced to come home, including one OHS alumnus. Katie Counts is a 2017 graduate of OHS and quickly became very familiar to the school's journ...
Hannah Franke takes the ‘perfect’ test
Jack Butchart, reporter
March 13, 2020
For the first time in nine years, an OHS student has scored a 36 on the ACT. Hannah Franke (11) managed to get a perfect score on her ACT during the Dec. 14 test. This perfect score took some work to achieve, however. “To prepare for the ACT, I took it once over the summer without any prep to get a...
Baseball program gets a special visit from former MLB pitcher
Davin Smith, Sports Editor
February 13, 2020
Jason Simontacchi, a former pitcher and pitching coach for the St. Louis Cardinals, and current minor league pitching coordinator for the Kansas City Royals, paid a visit to OHS on Jan. 14 to talk to the baseball program. “I came to Oakville to talk to some players and some parents, give them i...
FCCLA makes OHS history
Avery Neal, Social Media Coordinator
February 11, 2020
On Jan. 15, FCCLA competed in a Star Competition in Belgrade, MO, and made OHS history. Six girls competed, placed gold, qualified for state. Competitors and topics from OHS included Kayla Jackson (12) and Eve Talarski (11) for Event Management, Courtney Doerr (12) for Interior Design, Megan B...
OHS hosts robotics competition
Nataleigh Scheller-Houska, reporter
February 7, 2020
Over 30 teams crowded the halls of OHS on Feb. 1 for the FIRST Tech Challenge: Regional Qualifier, a robotics competition where robots compete against each other in challenges of skill. Two teams from OHS, the Oakville Lasagnaneers and the Oakville Elon-gated Tigers, both run by robotics advisor Dr. J...
Cheer ‘warms up’ in Orlando
Jack Butchart, reporter
January 22, 2020
OHS Cheerleaders spent some of their winter break with a trip to Florida, warm weather, and a college football game. Five cheerleaders traveled to Orlando, Florida to perform a pre-game routine at the 2020 Citrus Bowl, a college football game held annually on New Year’s. The game was play...
Davies ‘pins’ the competition
Davin Smith, Sports Editor
January 21, 2020
With the recent success of the OHS wrestling program, there has been one student athlete that has stood above his competition. Julian Davies (11) has really shown he belongs on the mats with his 20-2 record as of . This year, Davies dropped from weight class 138 to 132 after coming down with a&n...
Sewing class gives back to cancer patients
Bethany Hagan, reporter
November 4, 2019
Every year, the FACS department decides to give back. One of the Sewing Fundamentals class first project was to make portacath pillows that are donated to cancer patients. The pillow is attached to a seatbelt to prevent the patients portacath from being irritated. The class made and d...
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